Abortion Alternatives/Crisis Pregnancy Centers in our area include:

Mission: ChoiceOneis a Christian ministry created to address the needs of young women struggling with the life and death decisions of an unplanned pregnancy and the consequences of early sexual experimentation. Our hope is to offer counseling and practical services that prevent irrevocable choices that lead to regret.

Mission:Good Counsel homes recognizes the dignity of God-given life, from the moment of conception, fostering a nurturing, safe, family environment, encouraging self-respect and independence for pregnant mothers and their children in a diverse community of all faiths and beliefs.

Mission: When a woman is faced with an unplanned pregnancy, she is scared, feels totally alone, and thinks abortion is her only choice. She needs a safe, non-judgementalplace where she can confirm her pregnancy, get true information, and get the help and support she needs to choose life for her baby - and for herself.

Mission: Through God’s Grace, we save babies’ lives and shelter their young mothers, while providing education and ongoing compassionate support services, including our Pregnancy Sonogram Center. We further educate young people to make healthy life choices. We also shelter women who are homeless, sick and elderly as we help them to restore their dignity. Several Sources is a registered 501-C3 Charity.

Mission: Madonna House Inc., a 501(c)3, located in Neptune, its singular location, is dedicated to serving approximately 3,000 infants, children and women yearly, by providing clothing, juvenile furnishings, toys, infant formula, diapers, small household items and other life necessities to impoverished and needy families – FREE OF CHARGE. A referral from a Church, School, Professional, Hospital or Social Service Agency is required.

Mission: LIFENET exists to attain equal rights for babies in the womb through education, advocacy & networking. We promote sexual integrity as a solution to the abortion problem.

Health Research Organizations

There are pro-life alternatives to the Susan G. Komen foundation, which supports Planned Parenthood. The National Breast Cancer Foundation is an organization that uses donated funds to fund mammograms for underprivileged women and they do not support Planned Parenthood or Embryonic Stem Cell Research. They are the folks who bring us the Breast Cancer Site.

With everyone posting videos of themselves pouring ice water over their heads and asking for us to donate to ALSA, an organization that supports embryonic stem cell research and blatantly says they will offer more support to that effect in the future, a better organization to donate your moneys would be the John Paul II Medical Research Institute.

The Institute differentiates itself from other research organizations in the following manner: 1. They do NOT support embryonic stem cell research. They support research that is pro-life driven. 2. They devote more than half of their budget towards medical research, which is far greater than most established foundations.

An alternative to the March of Dimes, an organization that says it is there to help our babies but who, in fact, counsels women whose babies have been diagnosed with in the womb with any anomalies to abort their babies, would be The Michael Fund. The Michael Fund’s mission is to help make the lives of people who have down’s syndrome better from birth and throughout their lives.

The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society is an organization that is dedicated to finding a cure for blood cancer, however, they support embryonic stem cell research. A pro-life alternative would be the Lymphoma Research Foundation. LRF also is dedicated to finding a cure but will not support embryonic stem cell research.

These organizations are all dedicated to finding cures and helping those in need without destroying the lives of the unborn. Please support them.

Catholic Social Teaching

The Church's social teaching is a rich treasure of wisdom about building a just society and living lives of holiness amidst the challenges of modern society. Modern Catholic social teaching has been articulated through a tradition of
papal, conciliar, and episcopal documents. The depth and richness of this tradition can be understood best through a direct reading of these documents. In these brief reflections, we highlight several of the key themes that are at the heart of our Catholic social tradition.

Life and Dignity of the Human Person

The Catholic Church proclaims that human life is sacred and that the dignity of the human person is the foundation of a moral vision for society. This belief is the foundation of all the principles of our social teaching. In our society, human life is under direct attack from
abortion and
euthanasia. The value of human life is being threatened by
cloning,
embryonic stem cell research, and the use of the
death penalty. The intentional targeting of civilians in
war or terrorist attacks is always wrong. Catholic teaching also calls on us to work to avoid war. Nations must protect the right to life by finding increasingly effective ways to prevent conflicts and
resolve them by peaceful means. We believe that every person is precious, that people are more important than things, and that the measure of every institution is whether it threatens or enhances the
life and dignity of the human person.
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Rights and Responsibilities

The Catholic tradition teaches that human dignity can be protected and a healthy community can be achieved only if human rights are protected and responsibilities are met. Therefore, every person has a fundamental
right to life and a right to those things required for human decency. Corresponding to these rights are duties and responsibilities--to one another, to our families, and to the larger society.
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The Dignity of Work and the Rights of Workers

The
economy must serve people, not the other way around. Work is more than a way to make a living; it is a form of continuing participation in Gods creation. If the dignity of work is to be protected, then the basic rights of workers must be respected--the right to productive work, to decent and fair wages, to the organization and joining of unions, to private property, and to economic initiative.
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Solidarity

We are
one human family whatever our national, racial, ethnic, economic, and ideological differences. We are our brothers and sisters keepers, wherever they may be. Loving our neighbor has
global dimensions in a shrinking world. At the core of the virtue of solidarity is the pursuit of justice and peace. Pope Paul VI taught that if you want peace, work for justice.
1 The Gospel calls us to be peacemakers. Our love for all our sisters and brothers demands that we promote peace in a world surrounded by violence and conflict.
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